Tim Harington Looks Back. By General Sir Charles Harington. (Murray.
12S. 6d.) THIs is a very agreeable book of reminiscences, almost exclusively concerned with the Army, which General Harington joined 49 years ago. His association with Lord Plumer in the Great War, his command of the Allied Forces in Turkey from 1921 to 1923, and his Governorship of Gibraltar during the Spanish Civil War belong already to military and diplomatic history; but this book provides a considerable amount of new information, in particular about Turkish affairs, during General Harington's command, in addition to providing interesting footnotes to what has already been recorded. Its author would be the last to claim that the book possesses any particular literary distinction, but an admir- ably realistic approach to matters of State and a consistently generous but shrewd attitude in dealing with lesser affairs, make it thoroughly enjoyable to read.
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